Prior to handing in your thesis, you must have completed the compulsory coursework component of at least 30 ECTS. You can check for yourself which courses are registered as completed at Studentweb.

Along with your thesis, you have to hand in an application for having your doctoral thesis evaluated for the degree of PhD. The number of copies and which attachments to include will depend on your faculty.

If your funding has ended and you do not have a new employer when submitting your thesis or if your employer requires confirmation, you may ask the faculty for confirmation that you have handed in your thesis.

If applicable: Documentation of necessary permits cf. Section 5.2 of the PhD-regulations

Documentation of completed coursework component

If the application is approved, the department proposes an assessment committee to the PhD Programme Board at the Faculty via the PhD-coordinator. A suggested date for the defence should be included. The Faculty sets a deadline and ensures that everything is according to the PhD-regulations. The PhD Programme Board approves the committee.

If applicable: Documentation of necessary permits cf. Section 5.2 of the PhD-regulations.

The Faculty covers printing expenses for five copies of the thesis at NTNU Grafisk senter. You may keep one of the copies yourself, the other four must be handed in to the Faculty. Contact the Faculty for information on cost place and project number. The Faculty has no specific requirements concerning design and script, but we recommend that this version of the thesis is printed in A4. The most important thing is making sure that the thesis is easy to read for the assessment committee. The front page should contain your name, the title of the thesis, department, faculty, and that it is submitted for the PhD-degree.

Declaration on whether parts of the thesis has been used previously for a graduate degree, whether it has been submitted at another institution and whether it is being submitted for the first or second time.

On the front page, you should write your name and the title of the thesis. The front page should also contain information about which Faculty/department the thesis should be evaluated with and the degree it is to be evaluated for.

Once you have submitted your thesis, the only changes you are allowed to make are correcting formal errors. If you wish to correct formal errors you must prepare a complete list of the errors in question and submit the list before the work is made public. Correction of formal errors may only take place once.